What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[paulplom]

Both my kids birthdays tomorrow boy will be 17 and daughter 10. Partner has been baking cakes.

I'm taking my eldest daughter's partner, my nephew and my son karting on the outdoor track in Houghton le Spring. She's taking daughter and two of her mates to Gateshead to a slime spa day!?

[wuvvum]

OK, that is an impressive cake.

[808 Estate]

[J W Pepper]

My car (MK2 Seat Ibiza) passed its MOT first time today for the first MOT since January 2015, it has been off the road since December 2015 but started and moved about frequently. Only 4 advisories which I don't think is bad. The garage changed the timing belt, water pump, tensioner, alternator belt, ignition leads, new battery, thermostat, alignment and tracking, connected a new brake hose up on the OSF and bled the brakes and cooling system. I did a lot of work with my grandpa, two outer CV joints, service, new middle and rear silencer, repaired the rusty rear arches, resprayed the rear spoiler and top of the boot lid

Edited July 29, 2022 by J W Pepper
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2 hours ago, paulplom said:

karting on the outdoor track in Houghton le Spring. 

Got black flagged there in the 2 seater. My son was 5 and screaming faster, faster..... I used to race in the Belgian championships and so was fairly quick. They pulled us in as they thought I'd flip it..... Nodded a couple of times and then went even faster 😁

Cake looks fantastic..... 

[AnnoyingPentium]

3 hours ago, paulplom said:

Not quite the shadow quality. £250  last owner for 18 years. New timing belt, battery and tyres. 32 miles since last mot.

Will you be punting this on at any point?

[paulplom]

Yes, warrentclaim's festa has shit itself so it'll be going to him. 

[paulplom]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

OK, that is an impressive cake.

Can of beer for scale. The detail is quite impressive.

[gm]

for the first time since departing Aberdeen, two weeks ago, i put fuel in the smart car ( @17-Coffees had generously filled the tank before handing over the keys) 

a quick calculation gives

i’m happy with that, it can stay  

seeing as i had a 9p off per litre coupon, i kept going and filled my 20litre jerry can 

saved omg£4 ! 

then raided a kitchen cupboard to build myself a parcel shelf for a pair of speakers, the original smart speakers must be tiny as they sound awful

i’m rather liking the little thing, it may be slow but has a certain charm about it

[Wack]

6 minutes ago, gm said:

for the first time since departing Aberdeen, two weeks ago, i put fuel in the smart car ( @17-Coffees had generously filled the tank before handing over the keys) 

a quick calculation gives

i’m happy with that, it can stay  

seeing as i had a 9p off per litre coupon, i kept going and filled my 20litre jerry can 

saved omg£4 ! 

then raided a kitchen cupboard to build myself a parcel shelf for a pair of speakers, the original smart speakers must be tiny as they sound awful

i’m rather liking the little thing, it may be slow but has a certain charm about it

 

 I don’t get anything like that kind of mpg out of my 0.7 turbo but I do drive it like a twat with the paddles , I wouldn’t say it’s slow .

what engine is it , I had a 1.0 mhd and it’s awful , the best one is the 1.0 turbo 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, paulplom said:

Can of beer for scale. The detail is quite impressive.

Wife's cousin bakes & decorates cakes. That looks seriously good. Sponge or fruit?

[gm]

this one is only a 700cc, i tried thrashing it but it doesn’t really make much difference so i’m happy to just plod along in auto, i’ve got the mx5 and the exo if thrashing is the name of the game 

[paulplom]

7 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Wife's cousin bakes & decorates cakes. That looks seriously good. Sponge or fruit?

Sponge.

I don't have a sweet tooth and probably won't be having any so can't really comment if it actually tastes of toadstools.

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1 hour ago, paulplom said:

can't really comment if it actually tastes of toadstools.

'shroom cakes..... Now THAT is a business plan in the making (literally) 

Hope the weather holds for the activities today - have a blast 

[myglaren]

I read that as "Can of beer for sale"!  :(

Sent the photo's to my daughter, a vegan baker.  Sure she will be impressed and steal your idea

 

[Andyrew]

18 hours ago, omegod said:

And the cat is worth circa £350 scrap if original   winner !!!!!

Really?   Better get the one off my mates car asap before someone else does. 

[omegod]

2 minutes ago, Andyrew said:

Really?   Better get the one off my mates car asap before someone else does. 

Should have a code cast into the manifold that you can see in the engine bay  starting with GM, usually these ones  are a GM44 with another letter after it such as GM44E

Happy to help with ID and value 

[Andyrew]

17 hours ago, paulplom said:

 

That would be criminal. 

While i agree its a shame. Its better to cash it in yourself and fit a pattern cheapo patter cat, than someone else to cash it in for you when its parked up somewhere.

[myglaren]

 

[Andyrew]

2 minutes ago, omegod said:

Should have a code cast into the manifold that you can see in the engine bay  starting with GM, usually these ones  are a GM44 with another letter after it such as GM44E

Happy to help with ID and value 

Is that for manicat style?  I think an 8v will be a single wire sensor and the cat in the centre section iirc? 

Id been told my old 1.7dti lumped astras cats had an okay value. Where do you value such an item? 

[omegod]

2 hours ago, Andyrew said:

Is that for manicat style?  I think an 8v will be a single wire sensor and the cat in the centre section iirc? 

Id been told my old 1.7dti lumped astras cats had an okay value. Where do you value such an item? 

Yes the GM44 is a manicat IIRC, haven't dabbled in old Vaux cats from some years so slightly hazy  

If you can get codes off them there are a few websites that will give approx values, usually in polish Zloti but easy to convert to Sterling 

[808 Estate]

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[808 Estate]

[MikeR]

whilst on the subject of pain 

 

Blindfolded Friends Hit Each Other With Pool Noodles | Watch (msn.com)

 

[Wack]

I know a lot of you don't like the tiktok videos but take my word for it , you're going to want to see this one 

 

[17-Coffees]

On 7/29/2022 at 10:56 PM, gm said:

for the first time since departing Aberdeen, two weeks ago, i put fuel in the smart car ( @17-Coffees had generously filled the tank before handing over the keys) 

a quick calculation gives

i’m happy with that, it can stay  

seeing as i had a 9p off per litre coupon, i kept going and filled my 20litre jerry can 

saved omg£4 ! 

then raided a kitchen cupboard to build myself a parcel shelf for a pair of speakers, the original smart speakers must be tiny as they sound awful

i’m rather liking the little thing, it may be slow but has a certain charm about it

HOW FUCKING MUCH MILES PER TANK?!? 🤣

I was getting to the last dot at about 200 and it'd be flashing me at 210 with 230 being the most I got before I decided I wouldn't risk it. It's almost as if me stressing it on the new A90/AWPR with all it's hill's and doing 70 wasn't what it was designed for... 

As for the sound system, you've fitted a much more premium system than me...

😂

[gm]

7 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said:

HOW FUCKING MUCH MILES PER TANK?!? 🤣

I was getting to the last dot at about 200 and it'd be flashing me at 210 with 230 being the most I got before I decided I wouldn't risk it.

that was just onto the last dot, it hadn’t started flashing so probably a few more to go  

bear in mind that when i drove it home, i had a fairly mungous hangover so was taking it steady ! this whole ‘go to scotland, get pissed, buy a car’ thing is becoming an expensive habit  

[New POD]

6 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Whats the jib on this generation Astra, shit or Shite? 

The best car you can buy.  Basically a mk4 cavalier.  

[New POD]

10 hours ago, New POD said:

The best car you can buy.  Basically a mk4 cavalier.  

Says the man who has a wife with an Astra J, drives an Astra J GTC, has previously owned 3 off mk3 astras, a mk4 astra, 4 off mk2 cavaliers, and a mk3 cavalier and has first dibs on a pogweasel pink mk4 Astra. 

[J W Pepper]

Get in the Lionesses, truly made history, battered Germany in 1945,1966 and today, I'm not a big football fan but I've watched all the England matches this tournament, and I'm not disappointed, thoroughly enjoyed it, puts the mens team to shame in my opinion, all that needs to change is them getting paid the same as the men